AMERICAN FABLES. Wot O i !.? .. OlIOll UN AJmp'i Talus Bul .Jti-t ns Practical. Till: 1 i.y ANI? TUB SPIDER. A Flv \vln&amp;gt; was wandering ?round the house t-u lit niy found himself Stuck on i&amp;gt; shei't of Fiy-uuper, und pdior Many vain Exert Ions to llecover his Liberty bo entlcid to tho Spider: "My Friend, if you do not holp me I ?m Undone!" "Hut don't you see. My Dear Fellah, that if I rescued you from your peril it would be only to F:-.t you'.'" Moil a i.: If you Refuse to pay the Doo ior you will fall in too bands of the Lawyor. TDK .jam.ich ami the PRISONER. A Prisoner in si County Jail one day *ent for tho Jailor and Made Hittor complaint as lo tbo Treatment. Saying that Irs ' e I v i 1 .i r, h! i rare Dad, and that be v. -(::; red lo Associate with Tbievo^ n'n | Rubbers. ?'Well! v\ II!" replied tho Jailor, "but who are y * "Kam ?' ? .i dinson." "And What re you in horo for?" ^Stealing' I11." "T i'.i i.,- What Ifight do you com- ' plain?" "Ilecauso I Stole Eno...

TIME FOR REFORM. One or the Most Imperati*e Duttes oT th? American l'ress. Thero was a tltue, a fow generations ago, when both tho formativo and the conservative influonco of tho English tonguo woro oxertod almost oxclusively by the few literary leadors of the tirno. '?I If Addison admitted to bis exquisite manuscript any word, that word was at once ennobled; and so in tho coffee bouses of old London, tho procoss of languago making wont on, both through tho medium of conversation and that of formal literary work. Tho reading class was at that time a limited ono. It was so raro as to bo almost sensational to And a homely workor in his shop fol lowin ' tho thoughts and expressions of the Intellectual loaders of the day; and the little guild of Ltorary workers who woro so sadly patronized by tho rich and noble, really doterminod tho English which thoir patrons spoke. It was possible for I'opo to legitimatize a bastard word or for Johnson to render current an outer cxprosion; but it was...

SO?i'f THINGS SEE? AND HEARD By a Times Man in Hie Daily ! Walks About the City. The People Will Talle and the Tline.l Ite pnrteiTi art' not Deaf Timely 5ti|;i;eK lloiisaiul Just CrltJelsm Uy Prominent Citizens IIeaI'll i?n the Streets anO tlotteil Down on the Spot. '?What lnis become of tho organization known us tho Chamber &amp;lt;d" Commerce?" ' asked n wldo-awako business man of Thh Timks man about town yesterday. I f*Thoro is plenty of room and plenty of work in Itoanoke for tho Ro:il Ks t?te ! Exchange, the Commoicktl Club, arid a llvo Chamber of Commerce. It will bo a boiler day for Roanoke when tho iiu ;- ' ncs:, men realize tho real value an?! im? portance of co-operation. Many valuable i Industries are slipping through her lin? gers on account of a lack of it." MA "Wivu will we have a hospital?" ex? claimed a good-natured gentleman a lew days ago as bo saw an Injured man borne on a stretcher to the office of a physician. "If the City Council does not provide a sewerage...

IDEALS OF BEAUTY. IThry Ar* WUlMy Dlfferrnt and Without l'o.tMili Uly ?&amp;gt;r lIurmoulRtni;. [ Thorg am few subjects that give riso to more .differences of opinion than tho ooauty of Individuals. Tho artists ha vo standard^ pt, beauty tbat serve well enough for the ideal face on canvas or for tho'rrirttAn'o statuo, but theso stand? ards have little application to tho human countenance as found in living men and rvomen. N?tige of tho disagreements re? specting professional beauty arise from V?o fact tbat somo people regard the artiste standards, while others care little for regularity of features, but. see beauty only in tho mobile faces and ex? pressive eyes. A woman may gain rep? utation as a beauty because of her re :n lar features And fine complexion, yet disappoint thousands who go to see her because her beauty is Hint of 'tho nfarbhc statue and lacks ex? pression. On,tho other band a wom? an quite' homely when her fcatttr ? are in ropORO may by her vivacity and charming ...

Call on I J. R. HOCKADA?, ?Tho Pioneer Asrunt, '. for Roanoko Roal Estate. VOL. IX.-NO. (J9. F SPECIAL NOTICES. Oil SALB. One lot fronting on Railroad avenue 7"i feet east of Henry street, fronting 25 feet by 105 feet to an alley. Price $7,500, SI,000 cash anil nothing to assume bo Tore tho last of January. WILBUR S. POLL ,v. CO. N Exchange Building. OTICE. Wc can sell lots in the heart of the town at 25 to 10 per cent, lewer than any other lots near them can he bought for. SIMMONS, AMBLER&amp;amp; CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Buchanan, vVa. f?ftiee corner Washington and Water streets. NEW ENTERPRISE. A We beg leave to announce that we havo inaugurated the "Magic City Transfer Co." and are now ready tor the transportation of passengers, baggage, or freigilt. We have nice vehicles, polite drivers, and will wait on you promptly night or day. Leave orders at our office, 112 Jefferson street, or with i any of our drivers. lJespeetfully. novin-tf in vai. ? Smith. rp?'lji ROANOKE DEVELOPM...

A SOCIETY EVENT AT BRISTOL. James N. Dil?ard Weds Miss Gertrude Wood. JTlie Groom a Prominent Druggist an&amp;lt;l the Jirlil ? a Daughter of a Prominent Capitalist? Many Handsome and Valu? able Present*. IJniSTot-. Tonn., Deo, 0?[Special]? JV very brilliant wedding was solemn? ized in tho First Presbyterian Church hero last Tuesday night. The contract? ing parties were .lames N*. Dillard, proprietor of tlie corner drugstore, and und M ss Gertrude, the beautiful daughter of Captain J. 11. Wood, a proniine it lawyer and capitalists of this city. Tho ceremony was performed by Rev. George A. Caldwell pastor of the church. The attendants were A. F. Miles, ??best man*' and Miss Mary Wood, lirsl bridesmaid: C. C. English and Miss Mary West: George II. Pepper and Miss i Laura Crooks: C. C. UuOknor and Miss Messie White: 11. E. Graves and Miss i Kate Aynes. The church was beaut I- : fully decorated. After the ceremony, the parents of the bride gave a-i elegant dinie r to about eighty pe...

THE EE ALM OF FASHION. Lovely Woman Delves In Hi3tory fcr Fashions in Hair. Pretty Grecian Styles Coming Into Faror ?nints on DretMina; the Ilalr to Mnkg h Fair Face Fulrer and u Plain Ono Less Noticeably Faulty. ICOPYIIIGHT, 18tHJ.l [Special Correspondence.! The arrangement of tho coiffuro is a matter of much consequence, and will over bo treated as such as long as " Fair tresses man's Imperial race cusnuro. And beauty draws us with but a single hair." However, Bince the days when women wore horned head-dresses, in token of their being descended from rank and authority, to tho present time, when hair-dressing merely aims "at tho art which imitates chance, there has noyer boon a coiffure which has served for a universal style. Hair has ever refused 4 II Till: I.ATKST IN liAlfl DIIKSSIXG. to typify any thing, and its fashion has stood upon Its prlviloge of being as variable as?well, fashion. Derision, criticism ami tirade have at ! last vanquished false hair ahnest en? tirely, and at...